Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
Summer in Shymbulak - off road mini-jeeps |
Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
Abay Peak dominates the mountain panorama from the cable car |
Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
Alpine chalet, Shymbulak mountain resort village |
Alpine chalet, Shymbulak mountain resort village |
Shymbulak mountain resort village, Kazakhstan |
Shymbulak mountain resort village, Kazakhstan |
Base lodge, Shymbulak ski resort |
Quad buggy 3 hour tour |
Trail map of the Shymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
Peak Shkolnik 3810m/12500ft |
Peak Chkalov 3892m/12769ft |
Trail and lift map, Shumbulak |
Upper station of the Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
Kazakhs with an eagle, Shymbulak |
Looking back down the valley towards Medeu and the Kazakh plains |
Chalets at the Shymbulak mountain resort village |
Shymbulak Ski Resort, late summer |
Shymbulak Ski Resort, late summer |
Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
The menu at Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
Pints of 1664 at Skymbulak |
Hooded Eagle |
Tourists pay to pose with the eagle |
Wings spread |
Russian For Travelers |
Plate of 3 steaks at Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
And their cheeseburger |
Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
Frozen candle wax |
Open air dining at Shymbulak |
Pik Abay from Shymbulak |
Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
Peak Shkolnik 3810m/12500ft |
Peak Shkolnik 3810m/12500ft |
Kombi 1 Chairlift, Skymbulak Ski Resort, 2295m/7529ft |
Kombi 1 until 18:00 and the upper lift, Kombi 2 closing at 17:30 |
Leitner Shymbulak (Chimbuilak) 1 ropeway, 1874m long |
Summer in the mountains of Shymbulak |
Cable car to the top of Shymbulak |
Ski piste in summer, Shymbulak |
Top of Kombi 1, 2831m/9288ft |
Mid Station at Shymbulak Ski Resort |
Mid Station at Shymbulak Ski Resort |
Kombi 2, the cable car to the top of Shymbulak |
Technical specs of Leitner's Chimbulak 2 |
Kombi 2 lift at Shymbulak, 1173m long |
Kombi 2 rises 366m |
Chimbulak 2 ski lift |
The summit of Chimbulak 2, 3194m/10,479ft |
Don't get stuck, Kombi 2 works until 17:30 |
Summer at the top of Shymbulak |
Talgar Pass, 3180m |
Peak Chakalov (3992m) |
The summit of Komsomol Peak is blocked by the ridge of Chakalov |
Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
Leviy Talgar Quad Chair with Peak Chakalov, Shymbulak |
Leviy Talgar Quad Chair, Shymbulak |
Glacier of Peak Chakalov above the Talgar Valley |
Leviy Talgar Quad Chair, Shymbulak |
Panoramic view from the base of the Leviy Talgar Quad Chair, Shymbulak |
Peak Chakalov / Пик Чакалов |
Panoramic view from the Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
Peak Chakalov, Talgar Valley, Kazakhstan |
Peak Chakalov |
Panoramic view of the Talgar Valley just over the pass from Shymbulak |
Mountain vegetation in the Zailiyskiy Alatau range |
Peak Chakalov with the Talgar Valley |
Peak Chakalov |
Close up of Peak Chakalov and its glacier |
There's good hiking if we had left more time |
Peak Chakalov |
Glacier of Peak Chakalov |
Peak Chakalov |
Hiking trail leading southwest from Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
Graffiti in the mountains painted over |
Rocky debris field on the slopes beneath the stoney peaks |
Hiking the Talgar Valley |
Bird on a rock with backlit grass |
Trail towards Peak Chakalov |
The trail probably leads to a clear view of the summit of Mount Komsomol |
Peak Chakalov, Kazakhstan |
Rocky scenery, Talgar Valley |
Gettign late...cable car closes at 17:30 |
Talgar Valley with Peak Chakalov |
Heading back to the cable car |
I took a lot of those... |
Chair lift, Shymbulak |
Bad day if you get back here and see that |
Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
Upper cable car station of Kombi 2, Shymbulak |
Upper cable car station of Kombi 2, Shymbulak |
Kombi 2, Shymbulak Ski Resort |
Going down |
Summer at Shymbulak Ski Resort |
Back to the tree line |
Ridge forming the eastern boundary of Shymbulak |
Ski piste waiting for snow |
Ski piste in summer, Shymbulak |
Ski piste in summer, Shymbulak |
Back at the base station, Shymbulak |
Kombi 1 lift, Shymbulak |
Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
Yak resting in the grass, Shymbulak |
Yak grazing, Shymbulak |
Steven and the yaks |
No yak attack... |
Not yet anyway |
We have his attention |
Yaks at Shymbulak, Kazakhstan |
Yak at Shymbulak, Kazakhstan |
Yak at Shymbulak |
Yak at Shymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
Steven sitting with yaks |
Closer |
More Yaks, Shymbulak |
Shymbulak Ski Resort |
Yak at Shymbulak, Kazakhstan |
Shymbulak ski resort village |
Après Hike |
Shymbulak ski resort village |
Another restaurant at Skymbulak |
Order here |
Draft of Zhiguli Beer, Skymbulak, Kazakhstan |
Shymbulak Ski resort, Kazakhstan |
Shymbulak Ski resort, Kazakhstan |
Chilly 12C on a September evening, Shymbulak |
Back on the cable car down to Medeu where we'll catch the bus to Almaty |
Kazakh Alpine Club summer offerings |
Peak Abay from the Skymbulak-Medeu Cable Car |
Steven riding down from Shymbulak |